I love Thanksgiving because more than just all the yummy food it is a day spent with family and enjoying some traditions.
It is a day focused on gratitude. I strive to make gratitude a regular practice that lasts longer than one day or month.
Category Archives: Holidays
4th of July – A Declaration of Independence
As I was thinking of The Declaration of Independence this weekend, I started to formulate my own Declaration of Independence.
What independence am I asserting for myself right now? What are my “grievances” that need to be formally adopted? Who do I need to tell?
The exciting part for me is that I don’t really need to tell anyone, and yet here I am telling you. 🙂
So in very rough-draft form, here is the beginning of my own personal Declaration of Independence. Really it is just the formative thoughts that will lead to my declaration. These are the areas of independence I am creating for myself:
A Gift for Yourself This Christmas
Are you giving yourself the Christmas you want to create or are you too busy creating the Christmas everyone around you has come to expect of you?
Gratitude and a Negativity Diet
It’s November 29, 2021. Here in the United States most of us celebrated Thanksgiving last week. I love Thanksgiving for many reasons, but mostly because of the simplicity it can be. Decorations for this particular holiday can be elaborate or simple, or none at all. The food can be elaborate or simple. There are noContinue reading “Gratitude and a Negativity Diet”
Holiday Preparations… The part you may have not prepared for yet
The holidays are upon us and preparations are in full swing for many of us. With Thanksgiving for those of us in the United States next week and Christmas next month there are a lot of us with lots of things to plan and prepare for. Will you be with family or with friends? MaybeContinue reading “Holiday Preparations… The part you may have not prepared for yet”